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ANAHEIM -- The Ducks called up eight players from their American Hockey League affiliate on Wednesday to add to their playoff roster.

Each playoff team usually brings up some "Black Aces" to serve as reinforcements in case of injuries and the Ducks recalled the following from Syracuse (AHL): goaltender Igor Bobkov, defensemen Mat Clark and Nate Guenin, center Peter Holland and wingers Nicolas Deschamps, Kyle Palmieri, Patrick Maroon and Josh Green.

Here's some quick statistical information on what each did this season:

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Ducks have recalled Josh Green from their American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse and the veteran winger is expected to arrive in Buffalo for Tuesday night's game against the Sabres.

Green was brought up in light of an injury to rookie center Nick Bonino which figures to knocked him out of the lineup. Bonino suffered a deep bone bruise on his right foot Monday after getting hit by a shot early in the third period of the Ducks' 3-0 win over Boston.

X-rays taken on Bonino's foot were negative but no timetable has yet to be given on his possible return. Bonino has largely become the third-line center but has yet to record a point in 24 games.

Green, 33, played in 11 games with the Ducks as the fourth-line left wing from Oct. 30-Nov. 19, going scoreless with a minus-2 rating and six penalty minutes. He has five goals and eight assists in 19 games with Syracuse.

The Ducks will be getting back on the ice with an afternoon practice Wednesday at Anaheim Ice as they begin preparation for the Black Friday matinee against the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks.

But there are some other notable tidbits and morsels that have been floating around the Ducks since they were last in action on Sunday in their bad 4-2 loss to lowly Edmonton.

-- The Ducks acquired minor-league forwards Patrick Maroon and David Laliberte from Philadelphia in exchange for jettisoning defenseman Danny Syvret and center Rob Bordson. Maroon, 22, has some promise as a potential power forward but he also comes with some baggage, which GM Bob Murray touched on here when he met with reporters.

In an expected move once he cleared waivers, the Ducks assigned left wing Josh Green back to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League.

Green, 33, had been playing on the fourth line with the club and did not register point in 11 contests. He was averaging a shade over 10 minutes of ice time per night and had compiled six penalty minutes.

In 333 career NHL games, Green has 35 goals and 39 assists. He has a goal and two assists in seven games with Syracuse this season.

Green, 33, will need to clear waivers in order to return to the club's American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse. The journeyman forward did not record a point in 11 games with the Ducks as he played on the fourth line with Ryan Carter and George Parros.

The Ducks likely needed to clear some room for McMillan, a 2008 third-round pick who is up with the parent club for the first time. Center Kyle Chipchura is also nearing a return to the lineup and sending out Green might be another move to clear a logjam among the bottom-six forward corps.

Green had a goal and two assists in seven games with Syracuse prior to his call-up with the Ducks on Oct. 29.

ANAHEIM - It's not very often that Ducks coach Randy Carlyle has his fourth line start a period, but he sent George Parros, Ryan Carter and Josh Green out to begin the third against Nashville's checking line of David Legwand, JoelWard and Jerred Smithson.

The trio made Carlyle look smart as they freed up the puck in their defensive end and hemmed in Nashville at the other end long enough for Lubomir Visnovsky to grab a loose puck in front and snap it home for a 3-2 lead just 49 seconds into the third of an eventual 5-4 Ducks victory at Honda Center.

Parros, Carter and Green were a combined plus-3 with six shots on goal.

“I think we were definitely playing a simple brand of hockey – just more shots,” said Parros, who recorded his first assist in 117 games dating to Dec.14, 2008.

Dany Heatley scored two goals and Joe Thornton had three assists as San Jose defeated the Ducks, 5-2, on Saturday night at HP Pavilion.

The Sharks took advantage of another penalty-filled game by the Ducks and scored twice on six power play tries to hand the Ducks their second loss in as many nights.

San Jose has won six of the past seven meetings.

Heatley scored just 36 seconds into the game when he was left wide open in front of the goal for a tap-in score. He added a goal to make it 3-0 early in the second period with Corey Perry in the penalty box for goaltender interference.